Posted on 12/02/2003 5:51:37 AM PST by Holly_P
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:45:04 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Samarra, Iraq -- U.S. commanders said Monday they had killed up to 54 insurgents in the fiercest battle since Saddam Hussein's government fell nearly eight months ago, but townspeople disputed that claim, saying only eight were killed in the battle Sunday, most of them noncombatants.
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I'm sure we can find 46 more to make it an even 54.
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